Discus and support Cannot add things to the start menu... also search issues. in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I went to Start10 in the meantime but I think I would really like to use and configure the default.. it seems nice.
however, when I try to pin...
Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by jasonbmerrill, Aug 1, 2015.

However, here's another thing. When I go to search for something, it immediately searches the web... what's up with that? Why won't it look through my programs? It takes forever sometimes... and sometimes it doesn't find anything.

Is there a way to optimize this? I really kinda miss the start screen "open it and type something" - can't the start menu do that?

either way, I am not unhappy with windows10 at all. The upgrade was easy and it migrated most of my apps.

The steps outline above did solve the start menu, notification action center, clock and volume control issue., however, the search box on the task bar does not work. Also I cannot add folders to appear on Start. The choices are greyed out.

Also the problem with msconfig stated in my post above has not been resolved. I cannot check and apply normal bootup items. Which may account for why there are still some problems with Start and Search box

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